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Ministry of Finance
Repayment of ‘8.12% Government Stock 2020’
The repayment of Government stock is due as per details given below:
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Table: Details of GoI Security maturing on December 10, 2020
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Sl. No.
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Name of Security
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Scheduled Date of Repayment
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Effective date of Repayment
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No Interest Accrual from scheduled date of Repayment
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1.
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8.12% Government Stock 2020
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December 10, 2020

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December 10, 2020

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December 10, 2020

The outstanding balance under ’8.12% Government Stock 2020’ will be repayable on the effective date of repayment as indicated in column 4 of above table. In the event of a holiday being declared on effective day of repayment by any State Government under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, the Loan/s will be repaid by the paying offices in that State on the previous working day.
As per sub-regulations 24 and 24 of Government Securities Regulations, 2007 payment of maturity proceeds to the registered holder of Government Security held in the form of Subsidiary General Ledger or Constituent Subsidiary General Ledger account or Stock Certificate shall be made by a pay order incorporating the relevant particulars of his bank account or by credit to the account of the holder in any bank having facility of receipt of funds through electronic means. For the purpose of making payment in respect of the securities, the original subscriber or the subsequent holders of such Government Securities, shall submit the relevant particulars of their bank account well in advance. However, in the absence of relevant particulars of bank account/mandate for receipt of funds through electronic means, to facilitate repayment of the Loan on the due date, holders may tender the securities, duly discharged, at the Public Debt Offices, Treasuries/Sub-Treasuries and branches of State Bank of India  20 days in advance of the due date for repayment.
Full details of the procedure for receiving the discharge value may be obtained from any of the aforesaid paying offices.
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan Akademi completes highest ever flying hours
IGRUA also made a record of over 1000 hours per aircraft utilization per annum
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan Akademi, India’s largest flying academy, has completed the target of 19,000 flying hours in 2021-22.IGRUA completed a total of 19,110 flying hours in financial year 2021-22 which is highest since its establishment in 1986. The highest flying hours completed before this were 18,776 in 2013-14 but with a fleet of 24 aircraft as compared to the current fleet of 18 aircraft.
IGRUA's per aircraft utilisation in 2021-22 is 1062 hours per annum. This is the first time in IGRUA's history that IGRUA has crossed the magic figure of 1000 hours per aircraft per annum. The previous highest was 782 hours per aircraft per annum in 2013-14.
In 2020-21, IGRUA completed 13,282 flying hours and produced 62 Commercial Pilot License  holders, despite the severe disruption caused by Covid-19. The performance was quite comparable to the pre-Covid year 2019-20 when IGRUA completed 14,830 hours and produced 67 CPL holders.
IGRUA is likely to complete 20,000 flying hours in 2022-23.
President's Secretariat
The President of India Undergoes Cataract Surgery at Army Hospital  Today
The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu underwent cataract surgery of her right eye today morning  at the Army Hospital , New Delhi. Surgery was successful and she has been discharged from the Hospital.
Her left eye was also successfully operated on October 16, 2022 at the Army Hospital.
Ministry of Steel
Brainstorming meeting to evolve a comprehensive medium-term R&D roadmap and action plan for the Iron & Steel Sector for the next ten years for sustainable development
A brainstorming meeting was held on 11th May 2023 in the Ministry of Steel, under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Steel Shri N. N Sinha to evolve a comprehensive medium-term R&D roadmap and action plan for the Iron & Steel Sector for the next ten years. Stakeholders from the steel industry, academia, research laboratories, design & engineering companies and also from other concerned Ministries/ Departments viz. DST, DSIR, DRDO etc. actively participated in the meeting. The discussions were moderated by Dr Indranil Chattoraj, ex-Director, National Metallurgical Laboratory  Jamshedpur and Smt. Ruchika Chaudhary Govil, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Steel.
The meeting began with the discussions on the needs of the R&D initiatives which can be taken up on a common platform for the long term sustainable development of the Indian Steel Sector. Among the thrust areas identified for carrying out research were beneficiation of iron ore & agglomeration, beneficiation of coal, Carbon Capture & Utilisation, utilisation of steel industry wastes such as steel slag, decarbonisation technologies, use of bio-char to substitute coke/ coal in some areas of iron & steel making, as well as R&D to address challenges & issues specific to the Secondary Steel Sector. Discussions were held to identify ways & means for strengthening Industry, research labs & academia interface for carrying out coordinated & collaborative research to address the R&D needs of the Iron & Steel sector. Thereafter, discussions were held on the way & means to ensure that the IPs generated through R&D are available for the entire steel sector in India and how the IPs generated through R&D can be translated into development of actual processes and also development & production of machineries & plants required for the processes. The requirement and sources of R&D funds and institutional development needed for undertaking such R&D efforts were also discussed.
Various Integrated Steel Plants and steel CPSEs came forward to share their facilities for collaborative use by the entire sector. The running theme for the entire discussion was to apply scarce national R&D resources to the best possible use for rapidly addressing national priorities as also assume technological leadership in various areas of iron and steel making.
While thanking the stakeholders for their valuable inputs which have set the tone for further interactions on the matter, Secretary  stated that going forward, detailed inputs shall be sought from them for formulating the roadmap/ R&D programmes to be carried out on priority. Based on the identified R&D programmes and their cost thereof, Ministry of Steel will identify/ facilitate the sources of funding as well as the ecosystem required for pursuing the initiatives.
President's Secretariat
Press Communique
The President has accepted the resignation of Shri KummanamRajasekharan as Governor of Mizoram.
The President of India is pleased to appoint Prof. JagdishMukhi, Governor of Assam to discharge the functions of the Governor of Mizoram, in addition to his own duties, until regular arrangements for the office of the Governor of Mizoram is made.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Cabinet approves Sugar export policy for evacuation of surplus stocks during sugar season 2019-20
About 60 lakh tons sugar to be exported this financial year
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for providing a lump sum export subsidy @ Rs. 10,448 per Metric Tonne  to sugar mills for the sugar season 2019-20. The total estimated expenditure of about Rs.6,268 crore will be incurred for this purpose.
The lump sum export subsidy will be provided for expenses on marketing costs including handling, upgrading and other processing costs, costs of international and internal transport and freight charges on export of up to 60 Lakh Metric Tonne  of sugar limited to Maximum Admissible Export Quantity  allocated to sugar mills for the sugar season 2019-20.
The subsidy would be directly credited into farmers’ account on behalf of mills against cane price dues and subsequent balance, if any, would be credited to mill’s account. [[The subsidy shall be in conformity with the provisions of Article 9.1  &  of Agreement on Agriculture  and thus WTO compatible.
In wake of surplus sugar production during sugar season 2017-18 and sugar season 2018-19, notwithstanding various measures taken by the Government, the ensuing sugar season 2019-20 is expected to commence with an opening stock of about 142 LMT and season end stock are expected to be about 162 LMT.
Background:
The surplus stock of 162 LMT of sugar would create downward pressure throughout the season on sugar prices affecting liquidity of the sugar mills thereby leading to accumulation of cane price arrears of farmers.
To deal with this situation, the Government has recently created buffer stock of 40 LMT of sugar for one year from 1st August, 2019. However, even after taking into account this buffer stocking of 40 LMT till 31stJuly, 2020 and likely diversion of sugar by way of production of ethanol from B-heavy molasses/cane juice during SS 2019-20 and requirement of normativestock for two months, there shall be about 60 LMT of excess sugar stock that will need evacuation through export.
Ministry of Textiles
Re-opening of PLI Scheme for Textiles for MMF apparel, MMF Fabrics and products of Technical Textiles for inviting fresh applications
In view of the requests from the Industry stakeholders', Ministry of Textiles has decided to re-open the PLI Portal till 31st August 2023 for inviting applications from interested companies under PLI scheme of Textiles for MMF Apparel, MMF Fabrics and products of Technical Textiles.
All the terms and conditions notified earlier vide notifications and guidelines shall be applicable.
Earlier notifications are mentioned below:
i. PLI-Textiles Scheme Gazette Notification dated September 24, 2021
ii. Scheme Guidelines for PLI-Textiles dated December 28, 2021
iii. Amendment Gazette Notification dated February 22, 2022
iv. Amendment Gazette Notification dated 09.06.2023
v. Amendment guidelines dated 09.06.2023
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 180.97 Cr
More than 9 lakh vaccine doses administered for age group 12-14 years
India's Active caseload declines to 29,181 today; stands at 0.07% of India’s total Positive Cases
2,528 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.73%
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 0.40%
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 180.97Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,12,97,331sessions.
COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 9 lakh  adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,04,02,944
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2nd Dose
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99,89,099
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Precaution Dose
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43,48,895
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,84,11,999
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2nd Dose
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1,74,85,980
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Precaution Dose
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66,38,099
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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9,04,700
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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5,61,52,073
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2nd Dose
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3,52,82,337
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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55,36,93,457
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2nd Dose
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45,87,11,316
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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20,25,92,884
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2nd Dose
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18,35,69,127
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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12,66,31,067
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2nd Dose
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11,43,36,409
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Precaution Dose
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1,06,44,202
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Precaution Dose
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2,16,31,196
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Total
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1,80,97,94,588
Following a continuous downward trend, India’s Active Caseload has further declined to 29,181today, constituting0.07% of the country's total Positive Cases.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.73%.3,997patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 4,24,58,543.
2,528new caseswere reported in the last 24 hours.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 6,33,867COVID-19tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 78.18 Cr  cumulative tests.
There has been a sustained fall in the weekly and daily Positivity Rates too. Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 0.40% and the Daily Positivity rate isalso reported to be 0.40%.
Ministry of Defence
Indian Navy - continues Humanitarian efforts in Mozambique 22 Mar 19
The ships of the First Training Squadron of the Indian Navy  are currently undertaking Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operations at Port Beira, Mozambique since 18 Mar 19. The ships were diverted from sea post Cyclone 'IDAI' hit the coast of Mozambique on 15 Mar 19 causing large scale destruction and loss of lives.
Since arrival at Port Beira, the ships have rescued more than 150 survivors from Buzi area near Port Beira, which is cut off from the mainland. In addition two medical camps have been set up at Port Beira and Gaura-Gaurathe Island and Medical assistance has been provided to over 800 affected people from the local population.
The Chetak helicopter of Indian Navy has undertaken a number of sorties in difficult conditions for evacuation of local personnel in coordination with local authorities and the UN Mission. The helo also undertook evacuation of 03 pregnant ladies, dropping of relief materiel  including 500 Kgs provided by World Food Programme.
INS Shardul transferred 10 Tonnes of fresh water to a water bowser on jetty using submersible pumps. About 2 Tonnes of drinking water was also provided by INS Sujata in jerry cans to the Port authorities for relief camps.
Community services are being undertaken by the ships crew at devastated locations like schools, churches, hospitals, orphanages in coordination with the local government officials. The ships have setup a Community Kitchen kept open 24x7 for all local populace including the workers at the port. A total of about 450 people have been provided hot meals.
In addition, Media Personnel from BBC, TVM Mozambique and OXFDM visited onboard our Ships for witnessing the relief work being undertaken. The media team also visited the Medical camp site at the Port and were briefed about the various medical aid being provided by the ships.
The HADR operations are ongoing and the ships of the First Training Squadron of the Indian Navy remain committed to provide all assistance to the local population till their stay in Mozambique.
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Ministry of Finance
Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman attends Third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting
Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman participated virtually in the Third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors  Meeting under the Italian Presidency. The two-day meeting held on July 9th and 10th, 2021 saw discussions on a wide range of issues including global economic risks and health challenges, policies for recovery from the CoVID-19 pandemic, international taxation, sustainable finance and financial sector issues.
The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors reaffirmed their resolve to use all available policy tools for as long as required to address the adverse consequences of COVID-19.
Smt. Sitharaman appreciated the Italian G20 Presidency for identifying three catalysts of resilient economic recovery from the pandemic as being Digitalization, Climate Action and Sustainable Infrastructure and shared the Indian experience of integrating technology with inclusive service delivery during the pandemic.
The Finance Minister shared recent policy responses of Government of India to strengthen the health system and economy, including the efficient application of CoWIN Platform to scale-up vaccination in India. Smt. Sitharaman added that this platform has been made freely available to all countries as humanitarian needs outweigh commercial considerations in this extraordinary crisis. The Finance Minister stated that as the co-chair of Framework Working Group of the G20, India along with UK, views digitalization as an agenda that will continue to play a key role in bolstering economic growth.
Smt. Sitharamanreferred to the global risks in view of the emerging CoVID-19 variants and highlighted the need for international coordination and cooperation on this front. The Finance Minister joined other G20 members in welcoming the Report of the G20 High-Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response and emphasized on the urgent need to strengthen multilateralism for global health.
Smt. Sitharaman shared her insights on the Italian Presidency’s ongoing work on a roadmap to guide sustainable finance. Speaking on the need for aligning recovery strategies with climate concerns, the Finance Minister called for climate action strategies to be based on the principles of the Paris Agreement and noted the criticality of timely fulfilment of international commitments on climate finance and technology transfer.
Regarding the “Statement on a two-pillar solution to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy” released by the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting  on July 1st, the G20 Finance Ministers called on the OECD/G20 BEPS-IF to swiftly address the remaining issues. Smt. Sitharaman suggested that further work needs to be done to ensure a fairer, sustainable and inclusive tax system which results in meaningful revenue for developing countries.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people on National Panchayati Raj Day
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people on National Panchayati Raj Day. He said that Panchayats are the pillars of the Indian Democracy.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"आप सभी को राष्ट्रीय पंचायती राज दिवस की ढेरों शुभकामनाएं। पंचायतें भारतीय लोकतंत्र का आधारस्तंभ हैं, जिनकी मजबूती में ही नए भारत की समृद्धि निहित है। आइए, आत्मनिर्भर भारत के निर्माण में अपनी पंचायतों को और अधिक सशक्त करने का संकल्प लें।"
Prime Minister's Office
PM’s address to the Nation
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the nation today.
In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister said “In the journey of every nation there are moments that bring utmost pride and have a historic impact on generations to come. One such moment is today. India has successfully tested the Anti-Satellite  Missile. Congratulations to everyone on the success of Mission Shakti.
Mission Shakti was a highly complex one, conducted at extremely high speed with remarkable precision. It shows the remarkable dexterity of India’s outstanding scientists and the success of our space programme.
Mission Shakti is special for 2 reasons:
 India is only the 4th country to acquire such a specialised & modern capability.
 Entire effort is indigenous.
India stands tall as a space power! It will make India stronger, even more secure and will further peace and harmony.”
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
DEPwD To organize ‘National Conference of District Disability Rehabilitation Centres’ tomorrow
The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities , Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment is organising a ‘National Conference of District Disability Rehabilitation Centres’ at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi on 14th September, 2018. Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, the Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment will be the chief guest on the occasion, the Ministers of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, will also preside over the function.
The participants in this one day conference include District Magistrates of 263 districts were DDRCs have been set up, Principal Secretaries Social Welfare, reputed NGOs, District Social Welfare officers, eminent Doctors etc. The conference is organized for taking the message of DDRCs further, which play a crucial and central role for the wellbeing of Divyangjan and to give clarification about the mechanism of schemes and disseminate its success stories.
District Disability Rehabilitation Centre  provide comprehensive services to persons with disabilities and facilitate creation of infrastructure and capacity building at the district level for awareness generation, rehabilitation and training of rehabilitation professionals. The salient features of the District Disability Rehabilitation Centres are as under:-
- 310 districts have been identified and 263 DDRCs have been set up
- Awareness generation, early intervention and assessment of the need of assistive devices to divyangjans.
- Therapeutic services such as Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy etc. to divyangjans through rehabilitation professionals.
- Equipment for rehabilitation services.
- Cost norms of the Scheme has been revised and enhanced to 2.5 times w.e.f. 01/04/2018.
Finance Commission
Finance Commission constitutes Committee to Review Fiscal Consolidation Roadmap of the General Government
The Chairman of the Fifteenth Finance Commission, has constituted a Committee to review the fiscal consolidation roadmap of the general government. The Terms of Reference of the Committee are –
- The Committee shall make recommendations on the definition of deficit and debt for the Central government, overall states, the General Government and public sector enterprises by considering all explicit and measurable liabilities of the sovereign and by bringing in consistency between the definition of debt  and deficit .
- The Committee shall also lay down the principles for arriving at the debt of the general government debt and consolidated public sector with appropriate netting to avoid double-counting.
- The Committee shall define contingent liabilities, provide quantifiable measures of such liabilities, wherever possible, and specify conditions under which “contingent” liabilities become “explicit” liabilities of the public sector.
- Based on the above definition, the Committee shall review the current status of deficit and debt at different levels.
- Based on the above, the Committee shall recommend a debt and fiscal consolidation roadmap for FY21-FY25 for the Central Government, overall States and General Government and attempt building up scenarios for public sector enterprises.
The Committee will be chaired by Chairman Sh. N. K. Singh. The other Members of the Committee will be Shri A. N. Jha and Dr. Anoop Singh, Members of 15th Finance Commission, one representative each from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Controller General of Accounts, the Joint Secretary  of the Department of Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance. Two outside experts, namely, Dr. Sajjid Z Chinoy & Dr. Prachi Mishra will also be Members of the Committee; further, the Committee will include as Members the representatives from State Governments Shri. S. Krishnan, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu and Sh. Anirudh Tiwari, Principal Secretary, Government of Punjab.
Analytical and data support to the Committee will be provided by a team from National Institute of Public Finance & Policy, New Delhi. The Economic Division of the Finance Commission Secretariat shall facilitate and support the working of the Committee.